/tops/ , adj.
1. ranked among the highest, as in ability, performance, comprehensiveness, or quality: His work is tops. That car is tops.
adv.
2. at a maximum; at most: It'll take an hour, tops. I'll give you $25 for that, tops.
n.
3. the tops . See top 1 (def. 27).
[ 1930-35; pl. of TOP 1 ]